Tag: fisheries

Shellfish in Florida’s Big Bend Shellfish harvest and consumption in Florida is an important facet of the maritime heritage of many coastal towns. The Florida Big Bend has several towns that still harbor local shellfish fisheries. These… Read More

Another year has come and gone…and still the party carries on… Music, art and seafood galore will be served to thousands along the shore. This is the refrain that has been used by the Florida Institute for Saltwater… Read More

One of the key recommendations from the 2015 dietary guidelines is to include a variety of protein foods in your diet. Seafood is a healthy protein choice. It is a low calorie, high quality source of protein. It… Read More

Dedicated volunteers drive the program Florida Horseshoe Crab Watch (FHCW) is a citizen science program that is quickly becoming established along Florida’s coast. The fall 2018 sampling season (Sept-Oct 2018) was the 6th round of horseshoe crab nesting… Read More

Florida Governor Scott requested Fishery Disaster Assistance because of Hurricane Michael October 23, and the US Secretary of Commerce official responded with a determination letter providing additional disaster assistance to impacted fishing businesses and individuals October 31, 2018…. Read More

NCBS Intern Report written by Tyler Fogt with hosts Caleb Purtlebaugh and Johnny Polasik with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation. My name is Tyler Fogt and I had the pleasure of working with the Fisheries Independent Monitoring team… Read More

NCBS Intern Report written by Brian Whalen, with hosts Andrew Gude from the Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge and Dr. Mike Allen. My Summer in Cedar Key There’s no typical day on the water near Cedar Key…. Read More

If you have not seen the news yet, the US Supreme Court provided a ruling on June 27, 2018 regarding the decades-long conflict between Florida and Georgia over water use in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint tri-state river basin. Guess what;… Read More

NCBS Intern Report by Samara Nehemiah, Intern with UF IFAS Nature Coast Biological Station’s Dr. Mike Allen, and Steve Geiger from Fish and Wildlife Commission I knew I was in for a great summer when, on my first day of… Read More

Scalloping – From the Boat to Your Plate Scallop season is still going strong in the Nature Coast! But did you know there is a lot more to scalloping than just finding the scallops? There’s a lot to… Read More